inga
"inga" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“inga” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #46,547 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #46,547
- frequency rank, English
- 4
- letters
- 2
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of the genus Inga of small tropical trees and shrubs.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inga |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #46,547 |
| Misspellings tracked | 2 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “inga” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for inga is 4 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #46,547 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Any of the genus Inga of small tropical trees and shrubs.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 2 likely wrong-spelling variants for inga, including "inag" and "innga". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ink", "inn", "ins", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese ingá, borrowed from Old Tupi ingá, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *iŋa. The correct English form is inga, spelled I-N-G-A.
Definition
- 1Any of the genus Inga of small tropical trees and shrubs.
Etymology
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese ingá, borrowed from Old Tupi ingá, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *iŋa.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: inag,innga
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inga - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “inga”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N-G-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “ink” - see the side-by-side comparison. inga vs ink
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.